by editor | Jan 17, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
I have had the good fortune to speak about the Irish in the American Civil War in many different parts of Ireland. When it comes to question-time, there is one topic that is almost always guaranteed to come up- General Phil Sheridan. This is unsurprising given his...
by editor | Jan 13, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
South Carolina: SCV Speaker Celebrates Lee’s Life AIKEN, S.C.– Robert E. Lee was as close to nobility as America could produce, guest speaker Chris Sullivan told a group of about 40 Sons of Confederate Veterans members and family members on Saturday...
by editor | Jan 8, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On the fourth floor of the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, on a top shelf just to the left of the map collection, lie more than a dozen books that profile one famous Memphian: Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. There are the old ones,...
by editor | Jan 6, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan
North Carolina: Female Reenactors Celebrate Fort Fisher Anniversary WILMINGTON, N.C. — While Confederate soldiers attempted to defend Fort Fisher in the waning months of the Civil War, most of the women in their lives had spent years keeping the farms going,...
by editor | Dec 23, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan
FLORIDA: School District Will Rename High School Named for KKK leader JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Following a petition drive that garnered more than 160,000 signatures, a Florida school district will rename a high school whose current name commemorates a Confederate...